Mommy made it to Seongbukdong

Playgroup on Tuesday was at Judy's house in Seongbukdong. As the crow flies, it is not far away but in Seoul traffic it seems like it is. I was worried about finding it because the crazy street patterns and lack of road names makes it very difficult to navigate in unfamiliar areas, so driving to Seongbukdong was going to be a big adventure. Seongbukdong is an upmarket area that is very popular amongst expats because it offers big houses and gardens but it is far away from the foreign 'hub' of the city, Itaewon (where we live). On Sunday, I convinced Brad to come with me on an exploratory mission to find Judy's house so that I didn't get lost on Tuesday. We left at 3:30 and I thought it would take about half an hour to get there. We were due to go to our neighbour for drinks at 6pm so we thought we'd have plenty of time. Well, there's no such thing as a quiet Sunday afternoon drive in Seoul, we got stuck in such horrendous traffic that we just made it back in time to feed Brandon and head across the hall to our neighbour. But at least it helped me find my way on Tueday, with only a little confusion...one wrong turn. Playgroup was very small and Brandon loved all the new toys and especially the swing set Judy had.

Look at me!

Woohoo, here we go!

Oh boy, this is so much fun!

Look at this furry carpet!

(Brandon was so proud to have lifted this little mat off the floor)

Hey Mom, I need one of these nice fluffy things!

No, I won't let go...I want to keep it

Oh all right, I'll just roll about on it then and show off for little Annabelle

Faris
(Faris kept taking that little purple and yellow ball away from Brandon, it fascinated them because there's a small ball inside it and they can see it rolling around)

Okay, I'll play with this yellow puppy and the musical tiger?dog? hard to tell what it is